News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-15
| WINTER In THE SOUTH.
SOUTHERN STATES AS HEALH RE-
SORTS FOR INVALIDS.
Locations That Are Specially Fa-
vorable to People With Delicate
Constitutions

Locations That Are Specially Fa-
vorable to People With Delicate
Constitutions.
| William Smith Brown, who for nearly
| forty years has travelled much for bust
ness, health and pleasure, writes in Har-
! per's Magazine about the ''Winter Gil
matte Resorts of Three Continents. OF
the South as winter health resort for
| invalids he says:
Ashevile, North Carolina, in respect of
| beauty of location and fine scenery, is un-
| surpassed in our country by any health
| resort known to me excepting Estes
Park, in Colorado. 1t has long been a
favorite Summer resort by the residents of
other Southern States, and is now attract
ing attention in the North both as a sum
mer and winter resort. Its reputation
for health and elevated position gives it
strong claims for consideration. For
those who are only delicate, without
settled disease, it offers some marked ad-
vantages for yearly residence. As a
stopping place both going and returning
for invalidS who winter in milder
climate, and also as residence for such
from the middle of April to December,
it is deserving of attention. A majority
of those in danger from consumption or
chronic throat troubles, believe, would
find their chances of permanent relief
greater if they would remain all the year
as far south as Asheville. Boarding
houses and hotels are numerous, and the
cost of living is still very reasonable and
inexpensive.
Aiken. South Carolina, has assumed a
prominence for several reasons. 1t is To-
Gated on high ridge of pine and sandy
land, with soil so porous that there is
almost a total absence of damp exhala-
tions- 1t is naturally healthy, has good
water and a dry.air-tOO dry at times for
some inYalids. Its surroundings, as a
whole, are favorable to consumptives
eight months in the year-from the mid
die of April to the middle of December.
During the other months the town of
Aiken is subject, by reason of its elevat-
ed position, to high winds, the climate
is variable, and changes of temperature
sudden and great. The winds may be
partially obviated by selecting a shell
tered location, but for the variations of
temperature there is no remedy. and
they are very trying to invalids. As
spring and autumnal resort, or for
stationary residence from pril to De-
try, because the heat is not oppressive,
and it is more healthy during the hot
season than more southern climates.
The Sand Hills neal, Augusta, Georgia,
compare favorably with Aiken, and
nearly all the conditions in regard to the
advantages there are very similar, ex-
cepting in extent of accommodations.
The near proximity to the city of Augusta
h., = 4. 4
ty and diversion
Thomasville, in Thomas County, Geor-
gia,is deserving of careful consideration.
Located in the pine belt region, and ac-
cessible by railroad, it is at present one of
the most desirable localities to be found
for warm and dry air. As a residence,
from December to April, inclusive, there
are very few locations on the mainland
o Tering better climatic conditions than
the section in which Thomasville, in
Georgia, and Tallahassee and Quincy,
in Florida, are located
Florida has a winter climate that is
very delightful and attractive, but in
valids need to be we'll informed where to
go. Care is needed to avoid malarial
localities, and also to secure good and
safe drinking water; filtered rain water
is the safest and best, and should be de-
for the danger from poisonous
water is often as great as from poisonous
air. Artesian wells in Florida are now
very common, and although safe from
malarial effects, may be injurious to CON
sumptives, as they generally contain
much sulphur. The railroads have made
accessible, and continue to open dry
sandy ridges in the pine forests at an
elevation of fifty feet and more above the
In hPt n
Sesrts.Nsle lsuteNs r,uh NoordinFs houses
(some already exist. apparently ought
to prove excellent and safe resorts. They
are drier, less windy, and less subject to
cold and marked changes of temperature
than the more prominent and very COM
Portable resorts of pleasure-seekers so
well known on the st. Johns and at st.
Augustine.